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are destined to open countless unexplored fields with a chemical that shows endless possibilities in many areas of research. Acrylonitrile "will react with virtually any organic or inorganic compound containing a labile hydrogen atom. That fact is known. But no one yet can guess what all t h e chemical transformations may be. The possibilities are challenging. For example, by reacting acrylonitr-ile with starch, all or p a r t of the original hydroxyl hydrogens can be replaced with the group— CH 2 CH 2 CN. This cyanoethylated starch is non-ferment-
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ing. Will a non-fermenting starch be useful in your product? Will the reaction of acrylonitrile with certain amines create other interesting products? Creative chemists are hard a t work searching for the answers. if your company would like to experiment with acrylonitrile, you are invited to write Monsanto, the Monomer Headquarters of America, for laboratory-size samples. Address Monsanto Chemical Company, Plastics Division, Dept. CE-12 Springfield 2, Massachusetts.
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